yngwie (24278) reviewed Contra Pils from Contreras 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3.5
Bottle, as Aakjær Premium Pils. A more or less clear one, slightly hazed, and topped by a dense, off-white to white head of moderate size. Yellow to golden in color. There’s a touch of celler in the nose, maybe due to age, as well as a fruity sweetness and some grassy notes. Some pale malts. The flavor is sort of citrusy, with pale malts as a base. Rather sweet, slightly plagued with cooked vegetables and some bitterness showing up towards the end. Not very interesting. 110406
mike_77 (15875) reviewed Contra Pils from Contreras 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Fresh, clean pilsener. Has a slight level of bitterness. Would make a great session beer.
nuplastikk (10473) reviewed Valeir Divers from Contreras 15 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
11.2oz grenade bottle. Hazy, almost opaque straw yellow tan. Massive foamy head laces the glass. For a Tripel, gets a 5 for appearance from me. Sweet aroma, lots of candi sugar flavor with a pleasantly herbal and dry hop balance. Yeasty, creamy. Some interesting fruity yeast tones, brandied banana. Quite a unique Tripel, almost has a candied Hefeweizen thing going on. Heavy and full bodied, but good enough to pull it off. Quite nice and unique, a great Tripel.
DSG (25977) reviewed Valeir Extra from Contreras 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
[3/6/11] Bottle at ZBF 2011. Hazy golden with a big white head. Nice aroma of floral American hops with some citrus. Floral hoppy flavor with some fruits, a bit of yeast and a pleasant bitter finish. Medium-bodied. Good stuff.
Boutip (9769) reviewed Valeir Extra from Contreras 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle: Poured a hazy dirty amber color ale with a large foamy head with good retention and some good lacing. Aroma of light funky notes with some tart notes with some refreshing ester. Taste is also a very refreshing mix with tart notes and sweet Belgian malt with light refreshing fruity notes. Body is quite full with limited filtration with good carbonation with no apparent alcohol. Very well brewed and more refreshing then I had expected with nice level of complexity.
Pinball (15907) reviewed Valeir Divers from Contreras 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7.5
clear yellow, large smooth white head. very nice belgian, but actually mainly citrussy yeasty aroma. very refreshing.typically belgian, and for contreras, typically very refreshing aroma. nice job. flavor is faint citrussy bitter herbal hoppy flavor dominates unfortunately, still a good belgian, but it is a little bit of a letdown from the aroma. flavor is very dry, very tight, very belgian. very carbonated and bubbly, anyway- a tight super-dry tripel, that tastes really well.
madmitch76 (40452) reviewed Especial Mars from Contreras 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
12th January 2009
Orange-brown cloudy beer. Very thin head. Just a little carbonation. Smooth and slightly frothy. Light malt with a citrus tone and a whisper of marmite! Slightly odd combo but goes down okay.
CloakedDagger (37227) reviewed Contra Pils from Contreras 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Bottle 25 cl. Comes as "Aakjærs Premium Pils". Pours a clear golden with a small white head. Sweet malty nose. Medium body, sweet malt, cardboard accents and a slight phenollic touch. Bit skunky too. Very subdued hoppiness. 080111
Drake (22934) reviewed Valeir Divers from Contreras 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
11.2 ounce bottle from Wine Warehouse in Charlottesville. VA. Pours a hazy straw yellow color with a large froth white head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma of big fruity notes, including pineapple, other tropical fruit notes, citrus, and some toasted grain. The taste is sweet bready notes, candi sugar, banana, citrus and other fruits, a bit of spice and bubblegum. Medium-full bodied. Nice beer.
Kyotolefty (15912) reviewed Valeir Extra from Contreras 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Lemony, grassy hop aroma, some spice and a bit of honey. Tangy and clean. Brilliant deep gold with a fine, thick head. Clean, hoppy, fruity flavor with bread and just a bit of honey. Nice bitter finish. Crisp, light, clean and tasty. A nice, hoppy Belgian blonde, by far the best of the 4 beers I got from Contreras. Sports a rather saison-like dry finish. This type of hoppy Belgian medium weight blonde has become my favorite style this year. This is a pretty good example of it.